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Long-beard   /lɔŋ-bɪrd/   Listen
Long-beard

noun
1.
A stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century).  Synonyms: bellarmine, greybeard, longbeard.





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"Long-beard" Quotes from Famous Books



... William Fitz-Osborn, or, as he was nicknamed, William Long-Beard, began to make a figure in the city. He was a bold and an impudent fellow, and had raised himself to great popularity with the rabble, by pretending to espouse their cause against the rich. I took this man's part, and made a public ...
— From This World to the Next • Henry Fielding


Words linked to "Long-beard" :   jug


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